U better Beeeeelizzze it!

Belize is an amazing and beautiful place. The people are very laid back, down to earth and lovely. Truly lovely. While there, time seem not to matter.

"What time is it??" asks my roommate.

"Umm, I don't know..." I replied.

"Good enough for me", says roomie.

That short conversation pretty much summed up our time in Belize. As short as it was, time did not exist. And for a while it was great until the 5th and 6th day... at that point, I was ready to move on to my next country.

The history of Belize is long and it hasn't been easy. Despite being one of the pricer countries to visit in Central America, the local people don't see much of that profit. A good day's wage for Belizians is $10.00 US dollars. Not that much. And although times are tough, and speaking to a local guide, he mention the season has been slow and not much tourists have been coming into Belize.

There's something to been said and remember about this trip. It makes you appreciate what you took for granted or forgot. Living in a first or even second world country brings to light what you thought was always there. Clean water, minn wage, civil and labor rights and everything that our countries have fought for in the past, is something that countries like Belize, Guatemala and Honduras are still fighting to gain. This experience has also humble me in a lot of ways and see the bigger picture.

Words of wisdom to those that are reading this out there (which are probably not that many) travel! Travel the world... it will leave a last impact, more than you ever that.

it's the people

For me, it's the people. The people that you meet in life. Whether it's a short relationship, a quick hand shake with a polite hello, or the friendships that last a lifetime, they add up to who we are. They don't necessarily define us as a person because we meet so many people in one lifetime, but they do help shape who we strive to be. That's the thing about traveling... u meet so many people along they way that you don't realize how they effect you until you leave them. That's what happened to me this summer. The summer of 2011, the summer that made me realize something about myself. I'm still hungry, for more. I want to see more, I want to taste more, I want to feel more and that there is so much more to life than what is before our eyes. I was fortunate enough to do a bit of traveling this summer and I saw some amazing things along the way and had some amazing experiences also. But for me, it was the people that I met. I don't know what the future may hold for us or if our paths will ever cross again. I sure hope so, because I shared this experience with them and no one else and that is something that we will all take along with us as life goes on. I was lucky to have met everyone that I met along the way. It will be a summer that I won't anytime soon, if ever.